Table 2.

General Data

	Melbourne	Stoke
Number of cases	420	329
Direct admissions	222	252
Mean age	43.7 yr	40.5 yr
Sex	76% male	79% male
Blunt	92.9%	97.3%
Transfer	47.1%	23.4%
Mean number of co-morbidity factors	1.04	0.75
Mean systolic blood pressure	135.3	137.6
Mean GCS	10.5	10.8
Mean Injury Severity Score	24.2	27.3
Crude mortality	14.5%	18.2%